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Show m 9 m CHILDREN AND STREET PERILS Hero Is the kind of thing which hnppens day nfter day In tho public highways. A wagon or automobile ls drawn up by tho side ot the street In somo neighborhood thickly popu lated with children. An automobllo comes along at a good rate of speed. From behind tho standing vehicle a child dashes across the street In tho path or the machine. It often happens that tho motorist cannot stop In tlmo to nvort nn accident. This often happens In districts occupied oc-cupied by aliens, but it may occur anywhere. Whcro families nro lnrgo a hard working woman has no time to look after her scnttcrcd brcod. Children cannot safely play in tho streets. They should karn about theso perils tho day thoy aro nblo to umlcrstnml tho first word of command. com-mand. No matter how humblo or how Ignorant tho family, a little bud-ding bud-ding llfo has big possibilities, nnd evoryono who uses tho streets should do his best to nssuro Its safety. ' in this peril tho mischief of build' Ing houses nnd tenements without suitable playgrounds becomes nppnr-rent. nppnr-rent. An nctlvo child is bound to kick up Its heels somowhers. If tlioro is no homo playground, tho street will Inevitably serve. In such occurrences ns described above, public sentiment usually favors fav-ors tho motorist. It Is held that tho children should know better than to dash across tho streets without looking. look-ing. Yet if a driver would cut his speed way down through thickly populated pop-ulated districts, this kind of thin,; would rarely happen. It Is Bafo to assume, when n butcher's butch-er's or baker's enrt Is drawn up at ono side, that somo youngster ls conducting con-ducting nn Investigation of Up contents con-tents from tho rear. Having concluded con-cluded his observations, ho Is llablo to pop out any minute, and ho is beyond be-yond tho Inlluenco of motor horns. The motorist should nntlclpato him and bo running slowly enough to stop. It Is not bo much of a calamity to reduce speed In crowded districts as somo drivers seem to think. |
